That winchman is Sauce ..... I knew him well. Sauce is his nickname. I havent seen him in 17 years either. Yeah , a bit of a super hero he is.
Last time I spoke with him , he had a damaged back after landing on a ship , wrongly!!!
Anyone got contact details for him?
Taken from post 26 of this thread :
Was the chief winchman called Noel or Sean ..... age thing now !!! His nickname was "sauce" .
He had about 700 boxs of matchs in his house in Shannon . He used to place a chair on top of the kitchen table and sit on it , so he could see over the wall around his house . The objective of this exercise was he could see the Aeroflot hosties walking to the corner shop . Then he would promptly jump down and scurry across the street and buy matchs , as an excuse to chat them up . He was very successful in that department !!!
Best of luck to him .
P.S. you know , to be honest ..... this brings a tear to my eye. To think of what he has done, selflessly, thrown his life on the line for others day in and day out ..... Its a wake up call that there is still good people in this world ..... both winchmen and the crews who fly that bird , but especially the guy at the end of the line.
Just found this :
And :
Yep ..... tremendous respect for these people.
Im proud to know Sauce Donnelly
